Pluto (manga) 1818815 225208595 2008-07-12T13:47:21Z Morio 715541 cat {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Pluto | image = | caption = | ja_name = プルートウ | ja_name_trans = Purūtō | genre = [[Detective fiction|Detective]], [[Science fiction]] }} {{Infobox animanga/Manga | title = | author = [[Naoki Urasawa]] <br> [[Osamu Tezuka]] (Original creator) | publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shogakukan]] | publisher_other = {{flagicon|Spain}} Planeta DeAgostini Comics <br> {{flagicon|Germany}} EMA | demographic = [[Seinen]] | magazine = [[Big Comic Original]] | first = [[September 9]], [[2003]] | last = ongoing | volumes = 7 }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} {{nihongo|'''''Pluto'''''|プルートウ|Purūtō}} is a [[manga]] series by [[Naoki Urasawa]] published in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Big Comic Original]]'' since 2003. The series is based on [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s ''[[Astro Boy]]'', specifically {{nihongo|"The Greatest Robot on Earth"|地上最大のロボット|Chijou saidai no robotto}} [[story arc]], and named after the arc's [[Pluto (Astro Boy)|chief villain]]. Urawasa reinterprets the story as a suspenseful [[murder mystery]] starring Gesicht, a Europol robot detective trying to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths. Urasawa's manga received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2005 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] and the 2005 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] Grand Prize. == Plot == ''Pluto'' follows the Europol robot detective '''Gesicht''' ([[German language|German]] for face) in his attempts to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths. The case becomes more puzzling when evidence suggest a robot is responsible for the murders, the first one in eight years. == Awards == ''Pluto'' received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2005 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]. The series also received the 2005 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] Grand Prize, which Urasawa also won for his work on ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. == External links == * [http://www.bigoriginal.shogakukan.co.jp/pluto/ Shogakukan's Official ''Pluto'' Website] {{ja icon}} * [http://tezukainenglish.com/?q=node/147 ''Pluto''] in the Tezuka in English database * {{ann manga|3871|Pluto}} [[Category:Astro Boy]] [[Category:Detective anime and manga]] [[Category:Science fiction anime and manga]] [[Category:Seinen]] [[fr:Pluto (manga)]] [[ko:플루토 (만화)]] [[ja:PLUTO]] [[th:ตามล่านักฆ่าแอนดรอยด์]] [[zh:布魯圖]]